Riverdale star Cole Sprouse was confronted by a street performer in downtown Vancouver this week, after the performer apparently refused to stop playing while the crew filmed nearby. Sprouse is seen in this handout photo starring as Jughead on the CW/Netflix teen drama Riverdale.THE CW

Jughead confronts a busker, we’re all afraid of raccoons now, and you may be looking forward to the weekend, but fire crews in the Cariboo are not. Here are five things you need to know.

Wildfire update: Fire crews dreading windy Saturday

Fires continue to burn all across British Columbia, and while there’s been some good news from the front lines this week, Saturday is shaping up to be a difficult day.

Strong winds forecast for Saturday are expected to fan the flames, and wreak havoc on firefighting efforts in B.C.’s Southern Interior.

“The big weather concern at the moment is the outlook for the weekend,” said B.C. Wildfire Service chief information officer Kevin Skrepnek. “We are forecasting a cold front passage to begin Saturday afternoon that is likely going to bring some significant winds across most of southern British Columbia.”

If you watched the first season of Vancouver-filmed teen drama Riverdale, which is ridiculous but strangely addictive, you know that it’s pretty much impossible to dislike Cole Sprouse’s Jughead. Sure, he’s a little moody, but he wears a cool hat, he’s a good boyfriend to Betty (they’ve taken some liberties with the Archie comics source material), and a good friend to Archie. What’s not to like?

Plenty, if you’re a busker trying to perform where the cast and crew are filming a scene for the second season. On Wednesday, a video surfaced of Sprouse arguing with a musician in downtown Vancouver.

According to Postmedia’s Stephanie Ip, “the performer is believed to be North Vancouver musician Megan Regehr, who goes by the stage name of Babe Coal and who frequently busks in the Granville Entertainment District in downtown Vancouver. Regehr posted a series of tweets early Thursday morning that claim she was arrested by Vancouver police.”

Randy Celinski, president of AAA Wildlife Control, said such behaviour is extremely rare, but typically the result of a raccoon becoming habituated to humans because someone in the neighbourhood has been leaving trash or pet food outside — or worst of all, tossing food directly to it.

“A large part of the problem in the city is that some people feed them,” he said. “They enjoy the wildlife and allow them to live in a deck or under a shed.”

Second tip: carry a broomstick. (Granted, people might think you’re a witch, but probably only if you fly around on it.) Sara Dubois, chief science officer for the B.C. SPCA, said a broomstick can be used for intimidation, so long as you don’t actually strike the raccoon with it. The animal needs a path to flee. If you corner it, as with pretty much any living creature, it’s going to fight for its life.

If you see a raccoon, leave it alone. Dubois adds: “These are wild animals and we need to maintain that healthy boundary — for them and for us.”

One final tip from yours truly: keep your cat food inside.

It sure seems like the police have been impounding a lot of fancy sports cars lately.

According to police, the rider crashed on Birch Street at West 6th Avenue on Wednesday, July 5 shortly after 11 p.m. Emergency crews rushed to the scene, but before they arrived, the a group of people already at the scene provided first aid to the man. Then, as the ambulance arrived to take over, they all left the scene.

Which is the problem. Police never got a chance to talk to these people, who were witnesses to the accident. Now investigators are hoping to track them down so they can get a better handle on what happened.

The motorcyclist remains in hospital with serious but non-life threatening injuries.

In a statement, Grouse Mountain spokeswoman Julia Grant said: “We can confirm that there has been an agreement reached with a potential purchaser on a pending transaction. The transaction is expected to close in the coming days. While the transaction is being finalized, we are unable to disclose further information about the buyer. At this time, we can say the current transaction will see no changes to staff, management or operations.”

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